Tuesday, November 9, 2010

What To Do With Those Old Lamps

I found these old lamps at an estate sale along time ago. They were sitting up in the attic forever. There made of plaster, i think. Boy are they heavy!!I always wanted to do something with them. I was going to either donate them, or take them to the consignment shop.Well, what i did was cut the top part off, and make it into sort of a statue. You would never know it was a lamp!! That was all i did. There a nice size 21 inches tall! I also found some wood sconces. I apologize i deleted the before picture, but they had yellow painted flowers, and red painted cherries engraved in the wood. They were really pretty, but didn't go with my decor.I painted , and glazed them.

I like it in my bedroom

Or on either side of the fireplace

Pretty in the foyer with some crystals

I found this beautiful silk lavender plant at the garage sale on saturday!

19 comments:

Kate, what an amazing post, the lamp bases look stunning, just beautiful and very high end gifty vintage shop. I also love the sconces. The lavender plant...had you not said it was silk i would not have known, it's simply gorgeous. I love all that you do, you're so talented.

Good Morning Kathy! Oh my..I know I've said this many times before ..but you REALLY DO find the neatest things at your garage sales and estate sales! What a wonderful idea to take those lamps and use only the base...they look perfect on your bedroom fireplace mantle. And your sconces turned out wonderful too! Do you think one day you'll run out of room for all the treasures you find? If so you'll have to just start replacing what you have and start your own little etsy shop or open a business where you live :) Thanks again for the inspiration.Maura :)

Ok, Kate - I almost broke my nose on my computer screen when I saw your beeeeautiful new lavender plant!! Faux or real ---- I'm alllll about lavender! And your lamps now have a new life. Great job and very creative, girl! :)